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538 list of Bernie's best upcoming states. (Original Post) RandySF Mar 2020 OP
Anything can happen AS BIDEN SUPPORTERS SHOULD WELL KNOW peoli Mar 2020 #1
I think it will depend on turnout Moderateguy Mar 2020 #2
With 2480 delegates remaining, these states/territories have only 390 - 15%. George II Mar 2020 #3
Sanders needed to crush Biden in California, Texas and Massachusetts on Tuesday, Blue_true Mar 2020 #5
It's interesting Gainesville Green Mar 2020 #4
That was a BIG part of the problem Moderateguy Mar 2020 #6
Youth letdown, yes. Lucid Dreamer Mar 2020 #7
 

peoli

(3,111 posts)
1. Anything can happen AS BIDEN SUPPORTERS SHOULD WELL KNOW
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:12 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Moderateguy

(945 posts)
2. I think it will depend on turnout
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:13 PM
Mar 2020

If Bernie can get the youth to turnout (harder said than done) he might pull of some decent wins. His decision to cancel his MS rally was very shortsighted. He could have made an outreach effort to AA but choose not to. He needs to expand his base because the base he has now doesn’t turn out for him.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. With 2480 delegates remaining, these states/territories have only 390 - 15%.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:14 PM
Mar 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
5. Sanders needed to crush Biden in California, Texas and Massachusetts on Tuesday,
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 10:17 PM
Mar 2020

he under-performed in all of them. He needed the narrative coming out of Super Tuesday that he could win the big states that are electoral college rich in the General election, he didn't get that narrative.

Sanders is going to pull out the stops in Michigan, he desperately needs to win there to have it remotely look like he has a chance. Joe should checkmate him in Michigan by going there and sending surrogates like Amy and Pete that are from that region. I read that Amy is visiting today. Joe himself need to do a stop there before Tuesday, IMO.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 
4. It's interesting
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 09:15 PM
Mar 2020

to me the states that are attracted to different candidates.

I feel you could pick out which states would be more attracted to Bernie’s message, before he ever ran for the presidency.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Moderateguy

(945 posts)
6. That was a BIG part of the problem
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 10:23 PM
Mar 2020

Sanders appeals to people in solidly blue states which are a pretty much a given for democrats in a GE. The candidate needs to be able to appeal to crossover and independent voters in swing states. Bernie actually hurts the democrats chances in those states. What Bernie really needed to do was spend the last 4 years building his appeal to voters in these states-instead he relied on getting youth to come out in massive numbers to vote for him, and as expected they let him down.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

Lucid Dreamer

(584 posts)
7. Youth letdown, yes.
Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:24 PM
Mar 2020

From another earlier thread:

Youth turnout compared to 2016 is either flat or down in a majority of states that have voted, according to these polls, meaning young voters both form a smaller share of the overall Democratic primary vote and turned out in smaller net numbers.


The dependence on "youth vote" by any candidate is folly.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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